Monday, December 1, 2014

We have started to discuss fractions! By 4th grade, the kiddos have had a ton of
practice naming fractions of a shape, as well as naming fractions of a set of objects. We continued that practice and discussed
the definitions of the numerator and denominator. We also extended our
knowledge by figuring out how to find fractions of a number, such as 12 and 24.

We began by pulling out 12 squares and physically dividing them up into equal
groups. It didn't take the kids long to figure out that to find fractions of a
number, all they had to do was divide the number by the denominator of the
fraction they were looking to find. For example, if they want to find 1/4 of 24,
they could just divide 24 into 4 equal groups. Since 6 would be in each group,
1/4 of 24 is 6. Finally, we discussed how, if we found 1/4, we could also find
2/4, 3/4, etc.

About Me

Rebecca May

I'm a wife, mother of two, and 4th grade teacher who is totally in love with her job! I teach math and science to roughly 40 kids a year. I've tried to model my classroom after this quote by Elliot Eisner - "When the joy is in the journey, the journey will be pursued." I feel very fortunate to work in an amazing school district, where it is commonplace to push students to their full potential and settle for nothing less. I truly feel blessed!!